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Object Number 993-24-20/27385B
Display Title Ceramic burnished red (terra cotta) rabbit figurine
Descriptions
Object Description Ceramic burnished red (terra cotta) rabbit figurine with incised eyes & w/ paint whiskers. ears, limbs tails have been broken & repaired. b is a bank--on bottom: " special artisan no more made ___ oaxaca mexico 1951"
Inventory Description Figurine, bank, hollow, moulded and incised rabbit, slit perforation at ba
Classification
  • Figurine
Department Ethnographic
Date 1950-1959 ca.
Culture
  • Modern
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Oaxaca / <County> / <City> / Santa Maria Atzompa
Materials Terra cotta
Dimensions Overall: 18.5 x 12 x 9 cm (7 5/16 x 4 3/4 x 3 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 993-24-20/27385b; Oaxaca / Mexico / 1951; J. ? / Sarriol / artisan / no more ???
Credit Line Gift of Alice B. Melvin, in celebration of donor's father and mother, Professor A. Gordon Melvin and Lorna Strong Melvin, donor's sister, Mary Melvin Petronella, family friend, Luis Hererra Garcia, friend, Richard Paul Baydin, and donor's cats, Miss Amiga, Sir Minky, and Pyewacket
Provenance
Collector Alice B. Melvin (1950-1959 - August 16, 1993)
Donor Alice B. Melvin (1950-1959 - August 16, 1993)

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